Grammys host Alicia Keys got a little help from some big names to help her open the show.

Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Michelle Obama joined Keys on stage for an ode to music and sisterhood.

Obama, who got a rousing applause from the crowd, so much so that she had to pause saying her lines and restart once it calmed, said music “fueled” her through the last decade.

“From the Motown records I wore out on the South Side, to the ‘Who Run the World’ song that fueled me through this last decade, music has always helped me tell my story,” Obama said.

“Music helps us share ourselves — our dignity and sorrows, our hopes and joys,” Obama said. “It allows us to hear one another, to invite each other in. Music shows us that all of it matters — every story within every voice, every note within every song.”

Key said the night was about celebrating “the greatness in each other.”

Heading into music’s biggest night, rap artists Kendrick Lamar and Drake topped the nominations, with eight and seven, respectively. But it was female artists who dominated nominations in the top categories.

The Grammys this year expanded the major categories of album of the year, record of the year, song of the year and best new artist from five nominees to eight, some say in response to the lack of diversity among nominees in previous years.

This year’s ceremony opened with Camila Cabello performing along J Balvin, Ricky Martin, and Arturo Sandoval.